Side packing board for shipping cases



June 13,- 1933. R, D, WHI 1,913,650

SIDE PACKING BOARD FOR SHIPPING CASES Filed June 8, 1931 INVENTOR W64 08015%:

ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES RONALD 1). WHITE, OF LONDON, onrnnroilcnnnbn,rssmleoa To heathen :onr

Patented June 13, 1933 cc ENT OFF] oonronnrrron, on CHICAGO, ILLTNdI's;tfobritroftArIon "or ILJEiNOIS SIDE PACKING BOARD i on SHIPPING GASES TApplication filed June a, Teen ,seriailno. 542,785;

a This invention relates to improvements in packing boards employed forthe protection during shipment and storage of fragile articles such asglass bottles; it more particularly relating to packing boards moulded.iit'Ol'Il paper pulp designed to be placed between the articles andthesides of the shipping case. 1

Inpacking fragile articles, such asglass bottles, it is the practice tonot onlyenclose the articles in packing material, but also 1 insertbetween thearticles thus enclosed and i I the sides of the shipping caseother packing boards for the purpose of preventing the exposed ends ofthe articles from coming into direct contact with the shipping case, thewell known form of corrugated board being usually employed for thatpurpose. a

The object of the present invention is to provide the packing board tobe employed as a side-pad of a nature which willnot only separate thefragile articles from thesides of the shipping case but also acttosupport the same. 1 A further object of the invention is to provide aside-pad for packing board of this character which may be moulded fromfibrous pulp to thereby cheapen the production of same and furnish a padwhich will have a greater cushioning efl'ect than that furnished bypadsmade from corrugated board. 1

In the accompanying drawing:

i a Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a packing case broken away to showthe interiorand show the relation of the improved side-pad with thepacking boards.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section throughthc' container such as illustratedin Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of one of the improved side-pads.

An improved form of packing board is shown in the present caseassociated with packing enclosures for the articles of the typedescribed in my pending application Serial No. 542,783, filed June 8th,1931. These packing enclosures include mating complementary packingboards 1 and 2 which are formed with recesses or cavities conforming tothe shapes of the articles to be packed, in the present case glassbottles. Each of these closure o fthat character to place between thebottoms of the bottles and the sides of the packrngxc ase, pads ofcorrugated board. to prevent the bottles from shifting in thecavitiesand -naking any contact with thesides of the packin-g cases. Inthe present case the packing enclosures 1 and 2' are nadenarrower sothat the cavities will be :of less length than the bottles, permittingthe bottoms-of=the bottles to there beyond y 1 a i v ,The nside-padembodying. my improvements; issh oWn at .6 and is of a length and widthsubstantially equal to the lengthand cavities has, a large portion 3conforming to project a short ways i wid-tl gof side ofthe. packing caseindicated at 7.; This side-pad is. a flat sheet ofmonl-dedpulp'providedwith a plurality of cup shaped recesses 8 of a size and so disposed asto receive the projecting ends of the bottles, these cup-shaped recessesbeing so positioned as to coincide with the cavities of the packingenclosures 1 and 2.

The shipping box for a given number of articles is no larger thanpreviously used, it

being observed that the sidesthereof are merely spaced apartsufliciently to enclose the nested packing enclosures 1 and 2 and theside-pads 6.

act to protect the articles from the sides of the shipping case but alsoact in conjunction with the packing enclosures to support the articles,assuming a part of the weight of the articles and thus provide anadditional cushioning effect for the articles. Further, by mouldingthese side-pads from fibrous pulp, the expense of producing a side-padis By the arrangement the side-pads not only materially decreased overthe old form of corrugated side-pads.

Having thus described by invention 1 claim:

1. In combination with packing enclosures for fragile articles havingvaplurality of cavities extending alternately in opposite directions toreceive and enclose the major 'portions of the articles but in which oneend of each article projects beyond its correspond of the packing caseand the articlesand hav-.

ing a plurality of recesses to receive such projecting ends of thearticles.

3. The combination, with a shipping box,

I of packing enclosures for bottles having a plurality of cavitiesextending alternately in opposite directions to receive and enclose themajor portions of the bottles, each cavity being of a length to permit aportion of the end of the body of the bottle to project therefrom, aside pad insertable between each side of the packing case and thepacking enclosure and having a plurality of recesses to receive theprojecting ends of the bottles, the recesses of one side pad being instaggered relation with the recess of the other side pad when said padsarein position in the shipping case. l

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 12th day of May,1931.

RONALD'D. WHITE.

